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Scholarship Program and Student Incentives

Scholarship Program

MICHIGAN INDIAN ELDERS ASSOCIATION 2008 SCHOLARSHIP NOTICE

The Michigan Indian Elders Association (MIEA) is pleased to announce that it will make available a minimum of four (4) $500 scholarships and one (1) $1000 scholarship. The scholarships will be awarded to eight qualified students with the $1000 scholarship being awarded to the most qualified student, as determined by committee review and lottery, if necessary. Each student must be currently enrolled in a course of study at, or have a letter of acceptance from, a public college or university or technical school and must meet the following qualifications.

QUALIFICATIONS – the student:

•  Must be an enrolled member ( copy of tribal card ) or be a direct descendant of an enrolled member of one of the MIEA constituent Tribes/Bands ( must be verified in writing by your tribal Enrollment Department ).

•  Must have successfully completed and passed all five General Education Development (G.E.D.) equivalency tests with a minimum score of 40 and an average score of 45 and must possess a G.E.D. certificate; or must have graduated from an accredited high school with a 3.00 grade point average; or if currently enrolled at a college, university or trade school, must have an accumulated grade point average of 3.00.

•  Must, except for special and extenuating circumstances, attend college, university or trade school on a full-time basis.

•  Must complete the provided application form and submit it with required supporting documentation and the mailing must be RECEIVED BY THE COORDINATOR not later than June 16, 2008. (PLEASE NOTE, incomplete or late applications will not be considered)

An application form can be downloaded by clicking here. The application can also be obtained from the tribal education department of each of the constituent Tribes/Bands.

 

Current constituent Tribes/Bands are:

• Bay Mills Indian Community
• Grand Traverse Band Of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
• Hannahville Band of Potawatomi Indians
• Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
• Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
• Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
• Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
• Match-E-Be-Nash-She -Wish: Band of Potawatomi Indians, Gun Lake Tribe
• Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
• Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
• Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

STUDENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM 2007/08

A student incentive program is being offered by the Michigan Indian Elders Association (M.I.E.A.) to recognize students who achieve all “A's” for a marking period as well as students who achieve perfect attendance for a marking period.

There will be a minimum of $4,300 available to fund this program this year. At $25 per award, there will be 172 winners who will be determined by lottery. Here are the conditions to qualify:

•  The student must be an enrolled member or be a direct descendant of an enrolled member of one of the M.I.E.A. constituent tribes/bands.

•  The student must be in grades K-12 at a public or private school. (home schooling not eligible)

•  A student must be in grades 4-12 to qualify for the straight “A” award. (A-, A, A+)

•  For a school system that uses a grading system based on numbers, the equivalent to straight “A's” will be acceptable.

•  A student must be in grades K-12 to qualify for the perfect attendance award.

•  Perfect attendance means exactly that. A student must be in school or at a school sponsored function each day of the marking period. Excused absences for anything other than a school sponsored/approved function do not constitute perfect attendance.

•  The first two marking periods of this 2007/2008 school year (or the number of marking periods completed by March 1, 2008 for school systems having something other than four marking periods) will be used to determine the winners for this lottery.

•  A student can qualify for both the perfect attendance and straight “A's” for both marking periods. For example, straight “A's” and perfect attendance for both marking periods would mean four chances to win.

•  A parent of the student must complete and sign the Student Incentive Program Application Form in order for the student to qualify for an award.

•  A copy of the child's report card signed by the parent or a letter from an administrator of the student's school, must be submitted with the completed application form to verify the achievement of straight “A's” and perfect attendance.

The drawing to determine the winners will be held at the April 2008 meeting of the Michigan Indian Elders Association hosted by the Hannahville Potawatomi Indian Community.

 

VERY IMPORTANT - NECESSARY !!!

You must follow these directions for your child to be considered for an award. The completed application form (this is a different document than this notice), a signed report card or verification letter of achievement from a school administrator and copy of student's or parent's tribal identification card must be received at the following address not later than April 1, 2008 :

Robert S. Menard, President
Michigan Indian Elders Association
1910 North Lake Drive
Ishpeming, MI 49849

Application forms can be dowloaded by clicking here, or from your tribal Education Department.

 

 

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